Car-fender



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A. LU'IZ.

` CAR FENDER. No. 55L904. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

ANDREW BGRANAM. PHOTO-LH'UWASHINGUN. D C.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH IJUTZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,904, dated December24, 1895.

Application filed April 25, 1895. Serial No. 547,121.` (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ADOLPH LUTZ, of Brooklyn, N ew York, have invented anImproved Car-Fender, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a car-fender provided with twopivotally-connected guards placed beneath one another and operating insuch a manner that the obstacle is caught up by the lower guard ifmissed by the upper guard.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical transverse sectionof my improved car-fender on line l 1, Fig. 3, showing the guardslowered. Fig. 2 is a similar section Y showing the guards raised andFig. 3 a plan,

partly in section, of the fender.

The letter A representsthe frame of the upper guard, and B the frame ofthe lower guard. The frame A is hinged at its rear ends to the car-bodyD at a and is provided with the downwardly-extending arms a, to thelower ends of which the lower guard-frame B is pivoted. The pivotalconnection between the arms a and the frame B may be effected by meansof eyes b, formed on the frame B, and engaging the inwardly-turned endsof the arms a'. In the back ofthe eyes b the frame B is provided-withthe rearwardly-extending arms or stops b', adapted to engage a projection CZ of the car-body D. These stops hold the forward ends of theframes A B slightly above the rails, as shown in Fig. l. The upper frameA is longer than the lower frame and extends in front of the same, sothat nor- Inally the lower frame is concealed and out of action. A sheetof wire-cloth, canvas, or other material e covers the upper frame A, asimilar sheet f covers the lower frame B, and

a third folded sheet or apron g connects the frames A Bin front of thehinges. The front edges of the frames A B ma7 be provided with rubberbuffers h z'.

In use both guards are normally lowered, as shown in Fig. l. If anobject strikes the upper guard it will ordinarily be thrown upon suchguard and saved from harm; but if the object should be caught beneaththe lower edge of the frame A it will at once raise such frame, as shownin Fig. 2. The raising of the frame A will cause a corresponding raisingof the rear end of the lower frame B, so that the stops b are liberatedand permit the lower frame to vibrate or open. Thus-the apron g will beunfolded and the object will be caught upon the lower guard and theapron and will be protected against harm. My improved fender thereforepossesses the important advantage of providing a double protection andof preventing an object that should miss the main guard from reachingthe wheels of the car.

What I claim is- 1. A car fender composed of a pair of guards,

projections on the car body adapted to engage saidstops, and of a foldedapron g, that connec-ts the guards, substantially as specified.

` ADOLPH LUTZ.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, WILLIAM SCHULZ.

